43 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 8 Mar \ on: My Linux Story So Far: Coming Full Circle Linux
My condensed history.
  1. In 1993 used a NeXT cube at university. Got to know Unix, started to hate MS DOS
  2. 1994 heard about this "linux thing". Struggled to download 27 floppies and install on home PC. Struggled to get it setup and working (imagine trying to configure X when you have no internet). Eventually got it working after much trial and error....
  3. From 94 onwards used Linux both at home and professionally (my new company was administering web and email setups).
  4. In 99 heard about Jobs returning to Apple and bringing NeXT with him....
  5. In 04 eventually bought a macbook and started to use MacOS on my personal machine, while continuing to use Linux on servers.
  6. By 2015 it was clear that Apple was turning into a company that I didn't really like anymore, so decided to migrate back to Linux
  7. Initially went to Debian, but eventually settled on Fedora / RHEL.
  8. Currently I'm running RHEL (Alma9) on my personal machines and servers, but will probably move to Silverblue on personal machines and keep Alma9 on servers.
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